Benson High School - Tatler Yearbook (Benson, NC)

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT North Carolina Johnston County Benson High School We, the Seniors of Benson High School, being of sound mind and memory, realizing our superiority over all other classes and that our school days are numbered and wishing to leave some of our excellent traits and talents with our under-classmen and to our school, do hereby make, publish, and declare this as our last will and testament. Section I Article I. To our parents we leave our love and deepest appreciation for helping us reach this goal for which we have so long worked. Article II. To Benson High School we leave our leadership and cooperation as an example to follow. Section II Article I. To the faculty we, the Seniors, just leave. Article II. To the Principal, Mr. Barefoot, we leave the new volume of the French Book III, composed by the French Class. Section III Article I. To the next Senior Class we leave a Grade A classroom to be used with great care. Article II. To the Sophomore Class we leave an ample amount of good, com- mon judgment for their use. Article III. To the Freshman Class we leave the stepping stones to this goal, Seniority, steady and firm. Section IV Article I. Individually we desire to give our virtues and talents to those who need them most and to those who will use them best; therefore, we make the following bequests Item I. Joan Neighbors leaves her boisterous ways to Nellie Bose Pleasant. Item II. Algene Johnson wills her flirtatious ways to E. H. Creech. Item III. Jean Holmes leaves her faithfulness to a certain sailor to Dorothy Jean Parrish. Item IV. Evangeline Neighbours wills her wide vocabulary to Jake Young. Item V. To Vivian Byrd goes Mavis Barefoot ' s date book with one page left. Item VI. Bennie Jones leaves his grumbling disposition to Verlene Norris. Item VII. B. T. Critcher leaves to Joan Benton his friendly ways. Item VIII. Bebecca Langdon wills her voice to Emil Massad. Item IX. Bansom Baynor leaves his ability to play basketball to George Wilkins. 20 fa-

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CLASS PROPHECY (Continued) Well, what is Annie Ruth Martin wearing on her head? Oh, I see now, it is a hat of her own designing. She owns a Millinery Shop in Raleigh. Aubrey Hardee tells me he is the president of the Electrical Wholesale Company in Chicago. His secretaries are Ethel Thornton and Lessie Mae Johnson. W. J. Brady is a well known electrical engineer in Washington, D. C. Lois Brady will be broad- casting Benson ' s fame as she takes Jo Stafford ' s place on the Chesterfield Supper Club. Ransom Raynor is practicing dentistry in Dunn. Louise Pollard has found success at the Walter Reed Hos- pital. I guess I will never see what is causing such a large crowd because Jack Barbour is telling me about his triumph as a heavyweight boxer. Yes, that is really his occupation. Rebecca Langdon didn ' t go far from home. She is teaching fifth grade at Coats. Who is that directing traffic on the corner? Why it is R. T. Critcher, who is a very well known patrolman. There are others in the class who stayed near Benson. Bennie Jones owns the most up-to-date and modern garage in this part of the State. Edmond Massad owns a chain of grocery stores in the South. Jimmie Rose is the owner of a bigger and better Rose Company. Truck farming in this section has advanced greatly under the leadership of Billy Denning. Jean Holmes, who is inviting the class to her estate over near Erwin, must have forsaken the sailor. Your roving reporter, Julia Whittington, is the editor of the foremost style magazine in America, Seventeen. Now I see what is drawing the crowd. Betty Wilson Johnson, the great dramatic actress, is doing her usual good job of entertaining the crowd. Julia Whittington -4 19 )P

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT (Continued) Item X. Joyce Langdon leaves her long hair and height to Linda Johnson. Item XI. W. J. Brady leaves Judie Holmes in the care of Charles Kay Stephenson. Item XII. Betty Wilson Johnson wills her love and leave policy to Hazel Ennis. Item XIII. Faye Byrd leaves her swinging walk to K. G. Raynor. Item XIV. Milby Hall leaves his funny jokes for Bonny Lynn Morgan to ponder over. Item XV. Jim Norris wills his curly hair to Wilma Lee Coats. Item XVI. Aubrey Hardee wills his management of affairs to Joan Capps Item XVII. Billy Denning transfers his rattletrap school bus to Nowell Smith, Jr. Item XVIII. Ethel Thornton leaves her short blonde hair to Jane Royal. Item XIX. Dorothy Stephenson wills her ability to speak French to Mil- dred Warren. Item XX. Louise Pollard leaves her carefree ways to Fannie Lou Surles. Item XXI. Annie Ruth Martin leaves her calm temper to Betty Jo Johnson. Item XXII. Lois Brady leaves her office work to Preston Allen. Item XXIII. Earl Woodall leaves his public speaking ability to James Godwin. Item XXIV. Julia Whittington leaves her favorite hangout, Butler ' s, to Lacy Byrd. Item XXV. Jerry Ennis leaves his courteous disposition to Jimmy Gibbs. Item XXIV. Lessie Mae Johnson leaves Hoyle ' s Business to those who wish to enter. Item XXVII. Jack Barbour leaves his pestering ways to Jerry Wall. Item XXVIII. Kenneth Thornton transfers his battered-up Chevrolet to his brother, Billy. Item XXIX. Jimmie Rose leaves his undertaking business to Edna Massad. Item XXX. Ira Pleasant leaves his loud shirts to Benton White. Item XXXI. Margaret Moore leaves her pleasing personality to Marjorie Young. Item XXXII. Edmond Massad leaves his cooperative ways to Barbara Strickland. This, the twenty-eighth day of May in the year of our Lord, 1948, Benson High School, to be their last will and testament. In their presence and at their request and in the presence of one another, we do hereby affix our names as witnesses thereto. WITNESSES: Miss Catherine Pearson Mitchell A. Nance Faye Byrd, Testator. -H§f 21 fr-